Mosul
The UAE is restoring Christian life in the Persian Gulf
By Knox Thames — February 11, 2022
(RNS) — The tiny gulf nation is supporting religious and cultural restoration to spread tolerance in the Middle East.
‘You are not alone!’ Pope makes final appeal to Iraqi Christian community
By Claire Giangravé — March 7, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On his last full day in Iraq, Francis told Christians to forgive their oppressors, the better to put their energy toward restoring their country.
For Iraqi priest, pope’s visit raises hope of restored trust between Christians and Muslims
By Claire Giangravé — February 4, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Rev. Karam Quasha, a parish priest in northern Iraq, says Francis can mend the ‘broken trust’ between the country’s ancient faiths.
Pope Francis to visit Iraq in March, COVID-19 pandemic permitting
By Frances D'Emilio — December 7, 2020
Pope Francis to make his first overseas trip in more than year, if COVID allows.
Archaeologists say rebuilding Jonah’s mosque should wait
By Gilgamesh Nabeel — November 3, 2017
(RNS) — Now that ISIS has been driven from Mosul in Iraq, Muslim traditionalists say it is imperative to start reconstructing the Mosque of the Prophet Jonah, which had marked the site since the 12th century, along with the ruins of a seventh-century Christian church.
The enduring power of Mosul’s rich and diverse past
By Stephennie Mulder — September 22, 2017
(The Conversation) Although today Mosul is famous outside of Iraq primarily as a site of conflict, its rich and diverse history forms an important legacy.
Iraq declares end of caliphate after capture of Mosul mosque
By Maher Chmaytelli — June 29, 2017
MOSUL/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) Iraqi authorities expect the long battle for Mosul to end in coming days as remaining Islamic State fighters are bottled up in just a handful of neighborhoods of the Old City.
Shock and anger in Mosul after ISIS destroys historic mosque
By Reuters — June 22, 2017
MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) For many in Mosul, the city can never be the same after Islamic State militants blew up the leaning minaret that had graced the city for nearly 850 years.
ISIS blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
By Reuters — June 21, 2017
MOSUL/IRBIL, Iraq (Reuters) It was from this medieval mosque three years ago that the militants' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a self-styled "caliphate" spanning parts of Syria and Iraq.
Bernard-Henri Levy is still my main man
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 20, 2017
Bernard-Henri Levy is the coolest Jew in the world. But, can he teach us Judaism?
Christian heritage found ransacked in monastery retaken from Islamic State
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 21, 2016
KHIDIR ILYAS, Iraq, (Reuters) - The history pages of Iraq's Christian community lie in charred fragments on the floor of a fourth-century monastery near Mosul which Islamic State militants ransacked during a two-year occupation that ended over the weekend.
Iraqi army drives ISIS from Christian region near Mosul
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 22, 2016
QAYYARA, Iraq (Reuters) - Earlier this week, Iraqi special units also captured Bartella, a Christian village north of Qaraqosh.
Displaced Iraqi Christians await return to Mosul with bated breath
By guest — October 21, 2016
BAGHDAD (RNS) As Iraqi forces begin the long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul and neighboring towns from the Islamic State group, Iraqi Christians on the Nineveh plain hope their time in exile is soon coming to an end.
Iraqi Christians fear extinction, see no relief from Islamic State
By Reuters — March 27, 2016
BAGHDAD — Their numbers have fallen to a few hundred thousand from about 1.5 million before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
An eerie calm: Iraqi Christians anxiously ponder their future
By Cathy Otten — October 27, 2014
ALQOSH, Iraq (RNS) Around 70 percent of the town's residents have since returned. Still, a sense of unease hangs in the air and there's little work to be found.
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